The BSA also upped its reward money from $5,000 to $20,000 for whistle blowers during July 2012 by bringing back a reward incentive that it last offered in 2010.

According to BSA Australia chair Clayton Noble, the 14 software piracy settlements were a “considerable increase” on past years.

In 2010, the BSA received 161 reports of illegal software use received by the organisation last year. Software piracy occurred across a range of industries including design, services, architecture, software development and media. This compared with 2009 when it received 95 reports of pirated software use.

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